Commonwealth: Decriminalising Homosexuality Debate
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Lord Black of Brentwood
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Commonwealth: Decriminalising Homosexuality
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
We of course welcome the application from the Maldives, and I have met the Maldives Foreign Minister. Their application is being processed and we all hope that it will be finalised in time for Kigali 2020.
Lord Black of Brentwood (Con)
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that there is a devastating link between criminalisation and the spread of HIV? A survey of Caribbean countries revealed starkly that rates of HIV infection among MSM are four times higher in those that criminalise homosexuality than in those that do not. It is a damning statistic. Does my noble friend agree that decriminalisation is therefore not just a moral but a public health and safety imperative?